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After making my Sugar Cookie Tarts I had a lot of the filling left over. I was not about to chuck this down the drain so I had to come up with something to do with the filling. I had leftover strawberries and a TON of cream cheese filling. Math is by far my less favorite subject but even I could do the 1 + 1 in my head. And then bam my How to Hull a Strawberry post came into my head. Thus, my stuffed strawberry hearts were born.
I simply took a heart-shaped cookie cutter and pressed it down into the strawberry stem piece to hull it. Once the heart shape was cut far enough (but not so far as to cut the sides of the strawberry) I took a knife and angled it to remove the heart shape. Just like you would normally hull a strawberry.
Then using an icing bag or ziplock with a cut off corner fill the cut-out heart shape that was left in the strawberry. Freezing them for a bit before letting them sit out in room temperature is a good idea to make the filling stay where it should. No one needs cream cheese going everywhere.
So simple. I could see these being delicious with a chocolate frosting filling too. Play around with the fillings and have fun!
Cream Cheese Filling Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1.5 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- strawberries
Beat the softened cream cheese and heavy cream together. Once this mixture is smooth slowly add in the powdered sugar and vanilla, beating on low. Place this mixture into a piping bag (or ziplock bag with a corner snipped) and fill up those strawberries to your heart’s content. Remember this makes a lot of filling, probably enough for at least 30 strawberries. Reminds me of strawberry cheesecake!
What would you fill these strawberries with? I think chocolate frosting is my next test.
Krystle Cook – the creator of Home Jobs by MOM – put her psychology degree on a shelf and dived into a pile of diapers and dishes instead. She is a wife and mother to two rambunctious boys, sweating it out in her Texas hometown. She loves cooking, DIY home projects, and family fun activities.
Those do look cute and definitely good enough to eat 🙂
They totally are Jeri. Very yummy!
I love these for so many reasons. One I love strawberries. Then there is how simple they are and so elegantly pretty. I could envision many types of fillings. We could have fun with these for sure. 🙂
Thanks Susan! I just drool thinking about the filling possibilities. Yum!
Consider these beauties pinned! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for pinning Alli!
These are so cute! I never would have thought to do that…Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Part. I have pinned your post to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board.
Thanks Rachel! Hope you had a good weekend!!
No way, Krystle! This sound and LOOK amazing! I want some sooooo bad now. That’s absolutely genius by the way too. Two words – Mail. Order. 🙂
Thanks Mike! I actually thought of it on my own. I surprised myself lol.
I’ve never made these but I’ve eaten them, and they are soooo good. I’d like to try making them.
Try making these stuffed strawberry hearts this upcoming valentines day. It’s pretty simple and has a fantastic turnout!